I understand the reasoning behind letting Drake and Dee go. I can't imagine what the budget is like now and how things need to be cut. But their exit story was so rushed; such a mess. It didn't have to be this way. It was as if the show went out of its way to make it as bad as possible

Could be. I understand that Dena didn't have all of the time in the world to plan an exit story, but their exit certainly could have been more dramatic, and could have tied into existing stories. Again, with the way the budget is, bold decisions needed to be made. I don't disagree with them being written out. But, bad exit story all around. But I do wish crazy Charlotte could stick around, always liked Sandra.